'I have nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump': Snoop Dogg praises Trump in surprising show of support

Popular veteran hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg gave surprisingly positive remarks about Donald Trump after years of disrespecting the 45th president.

Snoop Dogg, the 52-year-old Long Beach, California, native, spoke to the the Times about his thoughts on Trump ahead of the 2024 election.

When asked about Trump, the rapper reportedly laughed before responding "Donald Trump? ... He ain’t done nothing wrong to me. He has done only great things for me. He pardoned Michael Harris."

Harris is reportedly the co-founder of Snoop's first label, the infamous Death Row Records. Harris was in prison for drug offenses when he was pardoned by Trump in 2021.

"So I have nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump," the rapper added.

Snoop Dogg did thank Trump for the release of his colleague in an Instagram post at the time, which is a stark contrast from his previous comments.

In 2020, Snoop said that Trump had disrespected "every color in the world" and even said that Trump had disrespected "gays" and "transgenders."

"So, me and my homeboys sittin’ up here talkin’ about all the people that President Trump disrespected … women, gays, transgenders, blacks, Mexicans, Asians, and now veterans," Snoop said, according to Billboard.

"Hmmm. Seem like he’s disrespecting every color in the world and everything that ain’t what he is, which is a racist," he continued.

Snoop then declared what he required in the next president, which of course turned out to be President Biden:

"So, the next motherf**ker, you better tell us what we gonna get for your vote. And you better show up and deliver, period. We just want some peace, love, equality, and tranquility for everybody. All lives. Just a basic conversation. Now carry on."

In 2019, Snoop urged fans not to vote for Trump, calling viewers "stupid" if they thought otherwise.

"I want to say this real quick, I don’t know political s**t. Ain’t no f**king way y’all could vote for Donald Trump when he comes back up again. If y’all do vote for him, y’all some stupid motherf**kers." he said. "I’m saying that to y’all early. This punk motherf**ker don't care. Don’t vote for that n*****, please don't."

"F**k everybody down with Donald Trump. I said it," he added.

Perhaps his most egregious shot at Trump came in a music video. In the visuals for the 2017 song "Lavender," Snoop stood next to a clown version of Trump before pointing a prop gun at his head and firing it to reveal a banner that said "bang."

The video also portrayed many other characters as clowns but later showed the clown-Trump once more, hanging out with Snoop while wrapped in chains.

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